Shuttle-binder for looms



(No Model.)

J. W. DAVIS.

SHUTTLE BINDER POR LOOMS.

110.4411113.) Patented Feb. 10,1891.

Ninn STATES SHUTTLE-BINDER FOR LOOIVIS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 446,113, dated February 10, 1 891.

Application led May 3,1890. Serial No. 350,462. (No model.)

To all whom, t may concern:

Beit known that I, JOHN WILLIAM Davis, al citizen of the United States, residing at Janesville, in the county of Rock and State of \\"isconsin, have invented new and useful Shuttle-Binders for Looms, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has relation to shuttle-binders for looms; and it has for its object to construct a device of this class which shall be eiective and certain in operation.

Vith these ends in view the invention consists in the improved construction, arrangement, and combination of parts, which will be hereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view showing my improved shuttle-binder detached from the shuttle-box. side view of a shuttle-box equipped with my improved binder, showing also a portion ofthe protector mechanism of a loom. Fig. 3 is a top view of the same. Fig. at is a detail end view. Fig. 5 is a sectional view taken on the line 5 5 in Fig. 1.

Like numerals ot reference indicate like parts in all the figures.

1 designates the shuttle-box, and 2 is the protector-rod, which is provided with the iinger 3 and with the arm or dagger 4, which is adapted to engage the recess 5 in the bunter 6 for the purpose of moving the latter and causing it to operate to stop the loom when the shuttle fails to properly enter the box. The construction of these parts is common to many looms, and, as they form no part of my present invention, their position with relation to the shuttle-box has been merely indicated in the drawings without entering into their detailed construction.

7 designates the binder, which is composed of two parts or sections, designated, respectively, by S and 9. The part 8 is hinged in the usual manner by means of a transverse pin 10 near the outer end of the shuttle-box, and the part 9 is hinged by means of a transverse .pin 11 between a pair of lugs or Iianges 12 at the inner end of the part 8. .The latter is provided-with a recess 13 to accommodate the inward-extending arm 14 of the member 9, and the saine arm 14: is provided Fig. 2 is a at its outer end with a recess 15 to accommo` date the free end of the spring 16, which is secured in the usual manner to the shuttlebox, and which serves to keep the binder in its proper position. rThe inner end of the member 9 of the binder is provided with the anges 17 to rest against the outer side 22 of the shuttle-box when the shuttle is out. The outward movement of the point of the binder is limited by the transverse pin 1S of the shuttle-box. The inner side of the part or member 8 of the binder is provided with a longitudinal groove 19 for the passage of the illing as it unwinds from the bobbin in the shuttle.

The operation of my invention and its advantages will be readily understood from the foregoing description, taken in connection with the drawings hereto annexed, by those skilled in the art to which it appertains. Then the shuttle properly enters the box, the binder will move in an outward direction n stood. If, on the other hand, the shuttle fails to enter the box in time to throw out the protector-rod iinger 3 to trip the arm or dagger 4 to passthe bunter, the dagger will engage the recess 5 of the latter and throw the stop mechanism into action, one of the results being that the finger 3 will press the point of the binder firmly against the outer side 220i the shuttle-box. The shuttle in the meanwhile continues its course, and, owing to the fact that my improved binder is composed of two parts or members tlexibly'connectedjt will be permitted to enter the-box without danger of breakage, although the point of said binder is held almost rigidly by the iinger 3, while, when a binder consisting of a single piece is used, either the binder-or the shuttle will be almost certainly broken. By my improvement Iavoid the dangerof breakage and the expense and loss of time caused under these circumstances.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- 1. The combination, with a shuttle-box, of a binder composed of an arm hinged in said shuttle-box and provided at its inner end with lugs or iia'nges and a member hinged between said lugs or flanges carried by and IOO moving-with thesaid arm and having; an outwardly-extending arm provided at its outer end wit-h a recess, and the holding-spring having a bearing in said recess for its free end, substantially as set forth.

2. The herein f described shut-tie -v binder, composed of vthe members S and 9, the former being provided with the recess 13 and longitudinal groove 19 and the latter having the 1o 4iianges 17 and outwardly-extending arm 14,

provided with the recess 15, said parts or members being` hinged together, substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my ownIhave hereto affixed my signature in 15 `presence of two Witnesses.

J OI-IN WM. DAVIS.

Vitnesses:

AMAL SOHUMACHER, JAMES McDoNALD. 

